Under Armour agreements with school teams: by the numbers

Curious how much cash the University of Maryland would get from Under Armour Inc. for winning a national football championship? Or maybe you want to know how much the uniforms are worth for Auburn University’s entire athletics department.

Wonder no more. My colleague Matthew Kish at the Portland Business Journal uncovered some interesting facts after months of reporting and digging into contracts between universities and sportswear giants. Of the 150 documents he gathered from universities across the country, six colleges that contract with Under Armour responded to his request.

Here’s how much Under Armour shells out to six of its sponsored schools. Visit us at baltimorebusinessjournal.com for Kish’s entire database.

Billy Malkin is opening a third Sushi Place at 7 E. Lexington St. on Feb. 1. I sat down with him last week to talk about the new location.

How did you get started? You went from construction to sushi.

My bookkeeper came to me one day and she said, “Do you know how much your sushi bill was last month?” And I said, “I don’t know.” And she said, “It was over $2,200.” I said, “Well maybe we should open up a sushi restaurant.”

Were you joking when you said that at first?

I was. But I was also just kind of doing my thing, and I noticed that on Sundays at home when I watched football for 12 hours, the only thing you could get delivered was pizza, subs or chicken wings. I wanted something a little bit different. And so around the corner from our old office, we saw a restaurant that had a “for rent” sign in it, and there was Sushi I.

Did you think that initially you would become more of a chain?

No. I’ll be honest with you, I really didn’t expect the first one to jump off. You close your eyes and roll the dice, and when you open them you hope and pray that it works. And when it did, the second location was much easier to open, and the third even easier than that.

Is there anything special about this location you want to highlight?

I’m in it. Whatever building I’m in is where the most electric is. If you’re excited about what you’re doing and where you’re going, others will be excited. It’s contagious. The right attitude will always get the right result, I don’t care what project you’re working on.